Genesis 32:26-28
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26 Toen zei de Ander: ‘Laat Mij los, want het wordt dag.’ Maar Jakob hijgde: ‘Ik laat U niet los, voordat U mij hebt gezegend.’ 27 ‘Hoe heet u?’ vroeg de Ander. ‘Jakob,’ was het antwoord. 28 ‘Zo zult u niet langer heten,’ vertelde de Ander hem. ‘Voortaan heet u Israël, want u hebt met God en de mensen gestreden en overwonnen.’
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Genesis 32:26-28
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26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”
But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”(A)
27 The man asked him, “What is your name?”
“Jacob,”(B) he answered.
28 Then the man said, “Your name(C) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](D) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(E)
Footnotes
- Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
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